Virginia Cannabis Group

09/26/2023

The CCA begins regulating medical cannabis 1/1/24. We recognize that addressing the pharmaceutical processor gap in Health Service Area 1 is a public health priority, so look for us to issue a request for applications ASAP in 2024. Stay tuned for details!

05/04/2023

Our town hall in Fairfax is tomorrow night and we’re excited to meet and hear from you! Come learn more about the CCA’s non-policy making role as a cannabis educator, regulator, and advisor. We’ll cover topics such as medical ma*****na, adult-use, cultivation, sharing, and safe driving. If you have a question or want to share your perspective, sign up to speak now! The event is starts at 5:30 and is open to the public. See you there!

Sign up to speak: https://tinyurl.com/49fxpsnp
Watch live online: https://tinyurl.com/58udhz3b

04/05/2023

"The Virginia Board of Pharmacy didn’t abuse its discretion by ending PharmaCann Virginia LLC’s application process after the grower failed to complete regulatory requirements for the facility within the required one-year time frame, the Virginia Court of Appeals said.

PharmaCann also failed to demonstrate that the board treated it differently from other conditional permit holders, the court said."

A Virginia medical ma*****na grower failed to convince a state court to overturn the pharmacy board’s revocation of its conditional permit to operate a cannabis processing facility.

08/04/2022

"Hiring CPG experts is certainly important. However, one thing that you cannot easily manufacture is culture, which in cannabis is arguably more critical to building a long-term brand in than other CPG industries. Cannabis pure-play brands (e.g. Cookies, Stiiizy, Kiva) have spent years building a loyal following by partnering with influencers who understand and embody their culture. So while brands can indeed be manufactured from scratch, it is not a given that MSO brands will be perceived as authentic and embraced by savvy, experienced consumers."

By Erik Ott Until recently, MSO focus has been on acquiring licenses to manage cannabis manufacturing and retail distribution. Now the operators are creating their own brands – but that’s a different skill set, and many don’t have the necessary expertise. In recent years, the largest MSOs have...

01/28/2022

“Gov. Ralph Northam’s former secretary of public safety has a new job: lobbying state lawmakers on ma*****na.

Moran, who helped Northam roll out the initial framework for ma*****na legalization last year, registered this week as a representative of Jushi Inc.”

Former secretary of public safety registers as a ma*****na lobbyist.

01/27/2022

Listen now at https://www.transitionva.com/pod-blog/51c0rsngohxss7ky3qiytx2qgpaj0m

New Episode Alert! JM Pedini: Hazy Future for Legal Cannabis. Link in bio 👆

01/16/2022

🟢 Be part of the cannabis conversation in the Commonwealth. Get your tickets now for the 2022 Virginia Cannabis Conference, January 22-23 in Richmond at virginiacannabisconference.com

🗣 Hear from national experts, state legislators, and local industry leaders. At night, mix and mingle with attendees at exclusive after-hours events. Network with speakers, business leaders, and advocates from across the nation. Together, we are building a viable and strategic roadmap to fair, just, and evidence-based cannabis regulation in Virginia.

🌱 Whether you’re interested in the industry, curious about cultivating cannabis, looking to become a more effective advocate, or you've been fighting to end prohibition ever since Nixon launched the War on Drugs, this conference is for you.

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01/11/2022

“Having funding is essential to the success of an equity program, and eliminating that funding (would be) a slap in the face to those who have worked so hard to ensure Virginia has a healthy and equitable cannabis market,” Paul McLean, executive director of the Virginia Minority Cannabis Coalition, wrote in a statement emailed to MJBiz Daily on Monday.

“We know that our elected officials can do better, and Virginians must demand they do what is fair for their constituents,” he added.

Advocates are concerned about a a bill in Virginia that would eliminate social equity funding for the state’s adult-use ma*****na program.

11/05/2021

“Though portions of the law that legalized possession and consumption of ma*****na for adults 21 and older have been in effect since July and can’t easily be rolled back, the so-called “reenactment” clause for adult-use businesses to get up and running is now uncertain, industry sources told MJBizDaily.

Pedini noted that the final votes for the two bills that authorized a recreational market were along party lines, with all Democrats in favor and every Republican opposed in the 47-44 vote.

‘At this point, we’re expecting a repeat of the 2021 vote,’ Pedini said of the partisan divide. ‘There’s no reason to believe it will be any different.’

‘The lieutenant governor had to cast the tie-breaking vote’ in the state Senate on adult-use legalization, Pedini said about how contentious legalization was in the Virginia capitol this year.

‘It’s not clear a bill could even make it out of committee at this point.’”

The electoral triumph by the Republican party in Virginia has thrown into question the rollout of the state's recreational ma*****na market.

09/29/2021

Sheba Williams from Nolef Turns Inc. says one of the main goals of the partnership is to create more social equity in the cannabis industry.

“The biggest goal is educating people, centering people in this legislation because there are people who are still sitting in jails and prisons for cannabis-related offenses,” she said.

Aside from entrepreneurship, those involved also hope to continue to fight for those currently serving cannabis-related sentences.

“What better way to do it than to have some experts who can help with actually helping those people get into the business side of things to start the process of erasing those harms,” said Williams.

As ma*****na laws changed in the commonwealth earlier this year, organizations are coming together to make this completely new, legal business more accessible and equitable for the communities impa…

09/10/2021

Big news from the PBC Conference. Virginia Cannabis Group will be particpating in a panel discussion later this afternoon, "Local municipalities and state governments, their impact on cannabis." Learn more about the conference at pbcconference.com.

A board member and former chairman of the federal National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is sharply criticizing Congress for failing to reform ma*****na laws, and he announced on Thursday that he will be taking steps to push lawmakers to enact policy changes to help financial institutions and s...